Melbourne City 17/18 Kit Launch
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They held out a few years but the collective has assimilated them. Welcome to the light blue shirt borg.
I don't think MLS is interested in craptastic jerseys again - MLS is enjoying their best run of merchandise sales ever because of the variety and design of Adidas (even if we don't think all of them are very good). Nike would have to throw a ridiculous amount of money at the league to nullify the relationship Adidas has with them - Nike wasn't willing to do it last time.
This article sums up the potential for the upcoming merchandising valuation:
http://lastwordonsports.com/2016/02/01/putting-a-price-on-mls-next-jersey-contract-twc/
Very little. There is a lot of talk that CFG will switch to Under Armour next year.
Obviously there's still some time to go and anything could happen. The story seems to be, though, that basically Nike - who's kit deal is currently woefully undervalued (£12m/yr compared to Barca's £100m, and considerably less even than Spurs get) - have shown little interest in upping the value of the deal to anywhere near the level of Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea etc, and also CFG are a little irritated by Nike's insistence on using copy-paste templates across every team kit they make each year. Under Armour reportedly have made a sizable offer since they are losing their Spurs deal.
I think Nike caves. I think Manchester City is too hot of a commodity to miss.
I could see Under Armour splashing cash for the MLS deal in 2018 though.
I'm interested to see how the red and white stripes jerseys actually look on player.
Nike has a technology vs. design problem. If you look at the top jerseys they have the US Soccer team wear (player issue or match version), I don't think that fabric can be thread for multiple patterns or colors. Compare this to the Gold Cup jersey with its great design with horizontal stripes, it's not the same fabric as those player issue or match version US Soccer jerseys (same as Manchester City). The stars on the Gold Cup jersey shoulder/sleeve are pressed on top rather than in the fabric design.
This is why Nike is hated for the lack of creativity for their jersey designs. I don't think the fabric allows for multiple colors, designs, or patterns.
Nike has a technology vs. design problem. If you look at the top jerseys they have the US Soccer team wear (player issue or match version), I don't think that fabric can be thread for multiple patterns or colors. Compare this to the Gold Cup jersey with its great design with horizontal stripes, it's not the same fabric as those player issue or match version US Soccer jerseys (same as Manchester City). The stars on the Gold Cup jersey shoulder/sleeve are pressed on top rather than in the fabric design.
This is why Nike is hated for the lack of creativity for their jersey designs. I don't think the fabric allows for multiple colors, designs, or patterns.
Nike has Chelsea and Spurs already. They arguably don't need another top five PL club. Also, to be fair their point made be grounded in genuine business logic. The honest truth is that MCFC don't sell as many kits as comparable clubs do, and it's the kit sales, not the exposure, that is where the money is made from the deals with the biggest clubs.
Well then, that's a problem with their fabric. They should know full well that picking a fabric which lends itself only to template designs is going to end up netting them a lot of ill will from both fans and pundits, and they've been copping a lot of flak from the media for their template designs from the very first time they started using them. If the fabric has this limitation then simply put they must ditch it.
As for what the red and white stripes will look like on Melbourne City players: probably very similar to two years ago:
I don't understand this post.
I will need more than these statements before I believe the fabric doesn't allow multicolor designs or patterns.
Nike, Just Do It like Henry Ford.
Nah. Not quite the same ring.
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good to see they can use sky blue kits from now on
I wonder if the players actually notice a difference between kits.
Example, if Kevin DeBruyne prefers the Belgian National Team kit to MCFC or vice versa (Adidas v. Nike). Or does he not give any fucks. Nike is just trying to say that the authentic FlyWeave (or whatever the fuck it is) has some spiritual technology to make even the most dense of beer guts that much more aerodynamic on the beer league pitch?
Serious question, as I have not purchased one of the Authentic Nike Kits, but is the space material that special?
I'm still not that down with synthetic. It might dry quicker, but even when it's dry it feels hotter and clammier than organic fibres. If it was up to me, we'd all be playing in hemp.
Yes. It feels fantastic on the skin. Soft, light, form fitting and comfortable. My adidas kits don't feel as nice on the skin. They are light and wick quickly but the Vapor shirt wins for comfort.
Second this. The Nike kits feel so much better than the Adidas ones.
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